The Good Life – May-June 2023

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Foraging, identifying and harvesting safe wild fungi is both fun and delicious! I slammed on the brakes, startling my daughter Maia in the passenger seat. Before she was able to question me on the sudden stop. I pointed, through the rain splattered windshield, to a tree along the boulevard. Smack dab in the middle of the trunk of a green ash, seven feet above the ground, a chicken of the woods mushroom glowed like a lantern. Maia just shook her head as I jumped out of the car, intent on getting permission from a bewildered homeowner to harvest the delicious fungi. Safe Mushrooming Before ever leaving the house to stalk wild fungi, a word on safety is imperative. Unlike toxic wild fruits, which usually require ingesting a substantial amount of fruit to become sick, toxic fungi can cause death in even small amounts. Unless the forager is 100 percent sure of the identification of a mushroom, do not eat them. Toxic fungi don’t allow for second chances. Edible Species <strong>The</strong>re are a variety of edible species in Minnesota and North Dakota, but I’ve found there are three species that are easy to identify and delicious on the table. Morel I grew up hunting morel mushrooms in the spring around my home farm in southcentral Minnesota. Similar to deer hunting, nearly everyone participated in the hunt and honey holes were closely guarded secrets. Morels have a distinctive honeycomb appearance, with a deeply pitted and ridged cap. <strong>The</strong> interior of both the cap and stem are hollow. Morels have no gills and range in color from pale brown or black to nearly blonde. morel mushroom urbantoadmedia.com / THE GOOD LIFE / 11
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